I feel pretty uncertain about it--especially after reading other people's posts, but how I've thought about those terms in the past are: yes to the first part of what you said--that themes tend to be short phrases I think of author's message as our interpretations of that word/phrase, but our interpretation of what seems to be a central focus of the book, that we think most people would agree on that interpretation. Hmm. I'm rethinking that idea the longer I sit here. Maybe I would agree with you. I'm going to have to let those ideas percolate in my brain for a while. Thanks! Natasha
------------------------------ Message: 19 Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:23:06 EST From: kuko...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Theme vs. author's message To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Message-ID: <c27.6f49fc9f.382a2...@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" So are you saying themes are like one or two word phrases and author's messages are our interpretations of that word or those phrase as it relates to the reader personally? In a message dated 11/9/2009 9:32:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, domina.nata...@north-haven.k12.ct.us writes: Not going on any research, just my own opinion-- I think of theme as more of one word summing up a big idea: "friendship", "loss", "tolerance". I think of the author's message as more of a sentence that tells what we think the author thinks about those big ideas: "We should be friends with all kinds of people," "Talking about our loss helps us heal." Maybe (I'm thinking as I write here), themes tell what big ideas are explored and author's message tells the conclusion we've drawn from exploring those big ideas....? Natasha _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
